Oxygen Deficiency Hazard (ODH)

29CFRPart1910.146 (OSHA) defines a confined space to have an ODH if oxygen concentration
is below 19.5% by volume. However non-confined space areas at BNL
may have conditions that can produce an ODH issue due to the use of
cryogenic fluids or compressed gases.

For use outside of BNL, the following Hazard Evaluation tools are available which do not store
data in a database:

Additional Info

One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical,
biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security.
Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry
and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE's Office of Science by Brookhaven
Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by the Research Foundation for the State
University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory
facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit applied science and technology organization.